Media Release
Title :
Footy rules while Airport Bushland destroyed
Excerpt / Description of media article:
While the nation cheered on their favourite team today, BGC were busily bulldozing airport bushland to make way for their controversial brickworks, destroying important evidence that may be needed by the state to prosecute the corporation should it be confirmed that they have not complied with their federal ministerial conditions.
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Title :
New Brickworks Licences Fail Community
Excerpt / Description of media article:
The Alliance for a Clean Environment (ACE) has slammed the Department of Environment and Conservations (DEC) new licence regime for the Brickworks industry. ACE claims that the DEC has ignored numerous public submissions on the new licences which are supported by 30 years of independent technical investigations that expose inadequate pollution controls and public health protection standards. ACE point out that the new licences do not require ambient monitoring for acid gases at any of the brickworks in WA, despite being identified in 2003 as the likely cause of the historical and ongoing health impacts.
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Title :
Pollution goes unchecked by WA environmental regulators
Excerpt / Description of media article:
Brickworks pollution in the Swan Valley is going unchecked despite government claims in 2003 that the industry would undergo a major industry licensing reform with pollution control upgrades because of health complaints and community concern.
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Title :
New Brickworks Licences Fail Community
Excerpt / Description of media article:
The Alliance for a Clean Environment has today slammed the Department of Environment’s new licence regime for the Brickworks industry. The group claims that the DEC has ignored numerous public submissions on the new licences as well as 30 years of technical reviews and investigations highlighting major scientific data gaps, pollution controls and inadequate public health protection standards
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Title :
DoE try on the Emperor’s New Clothes….again! October 2005
Excerpt / Description of media article:
The Alliance for a Clean Environment has today responded to attacks by the WAC and Department of Environment reported in recent local newspapers regarding the proposed BGC brickworks on Airport land.
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Title :
Community wins appeal on Brickworks pollution. August 2007
Excerpt / Description of media article:
The Environment Minister David Templeman has upheld key appeals made by the Alliance for a Clean Environment over slack pollution regulations set by the Department of Environment and Conservation in the Austral Brickworks licences in WA.
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Title :
Letter to the Environment Minister 21/8/06
Excerpt / Description of media article:
Recent reports have highlighted major data gaps in emissions monitoring and serious inconsistencies in monitoring methodologies and equipment used by the industry....
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Title :
DEC moves to evaporate air pollution reporting requirements for WA Industry 7/3/07
Excerpt / Description of media article:
The Department of Environment and Conservation’s announcement today to reduce the regulatory burden on brickworks air pollution reporting has been slammed by the Alliance for a Clean Environment.
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